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Sarah Ann “Sallie” <I>Walsh</I> Carmack

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Sarah Ann “Sallie” Walsh Carmack

Birth
Arkansas, USA
Death
12 Feb 1941 (aged 82)
Murray, Young County, Texas, USA
Burial
Murray, Young County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Sarah Ann Walsh Carmack was born November 13, 1856 in Arkansas and died February 12,1941 in Murray, Texas at the age of 84 years & 3 months. She is buried in the Murray Cemetery. She was the daughter of Mary Fleming McCraw and William Robert Walsh. She moved to the Murray Community in 1876 with her mother and four siblings, George, John, William and James Walsh. She married George W. Carmack on July 22, 1886 and they built a home about two miles North of the Murray Community and 25 miles West of Graham. She lived in the Carmack family home until her death in 1941.

The Carmacks had seven children: Mary Alva, Alice Blanch, Georgia Gladys, Thomas Lee Newell, Bertha Zephyr and Ruth Oline. One son, William, died at birth. Life was hard for people of their generation. While Mr. Carmack farmed, Mrs. Carmack was a wife, mother and homemaker. She cooked on a wood stove, made her own soap, and cooked everything from scratch.

Mr. & Mrs. Carmack were pioneers of Young County and owned 320 acres of land in the Murray Community which Mr. Carmack farmed. On July 9, 1901 Mr. & Mrs. Carmack donated two acres of land from the southwest corner of their land in the Murray Community for a Baptist Church to be built. Mr. Carmack was a Deacon in the Murray Baptist Church.

Mrs. Carmack died in her home on February 12, 1941. She was survived by four daughters and one son, numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren and many other relatives and friends.
Sarah Ann Walsh Carmack was born November 13, 1856 in Arkansas and died February 12,1941 in Murray, Texas at the age of 84 years & 3 months. She is buried in the Murray Cemetery. She was the daughter of Mary Fleming McCraw and William Robert Walsh. She moved to the Murray Community in 1876 with her mother and four siblings, George, John, William and James Walsh. She married George W. Carmack on July 22, 1886 and they built a home about two miles North of the Murray Community and 25 miles West of Graham. She lived in the Carmack family home until her death in 1941.

The Carmacks had seven children: Mary Alva, Alice Blanch, Georgia Gladys, Thomas Lee Newell, Bertha Zephyr and Ruth Oline. One son, William, died at birth. Life was hard for people of their generation. While Mr. Carmack farmed, Mrs. Carmack was a wife, mother and homemaker. She cooked on a wood stove, made her own soap, and cooked everything from scratch.

Mr. & Mrs. Carmack were pioneers of Young County and owned 320 acres of land in the Murray Community which Mr. Carmack farmed. On July 9, 1901 Mr. & Mrs. Carmack donated two acres of land from the southwest corner of their land in the Murray Community for a Baptist Church to be built. Mr. Carmack was a Deacon in the Murray Baptist Church.

Mrs. Carmack died in her home on February 12, 1941. She was survived by four daughters and one son, numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren and many other relatives and friends.


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